Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 180

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In his political affiliations Mr. Waltz is a Re- publican, and on April 27, 1889, he was appointed postmaster of Newfoundland, to which position he was re-appointed July 23, 1897, filling the same at the present time to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. He has also held the offices of school director (eleven years) and auditor (seven years). Since 1859 he has been an active and prominent member of the Evangelical Church, in which he is now serving as trustee, and socially he belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at New- foundland, and the Grand Army Post in Dreher township.

JEREMIAH M. TITMAN, now living re- tired on his large farm in Lehman township, Pike county, is one of the oldest residents of that sec- tion, and he ranks among the self-made prosperous men of his neighborhood, where during his earlier years he was an active figure both in the public and

private life of the community. He is a native of Warren county, N. J., born May 10, 1819, son of John and Elizabeth (Teeal) Titman, and grandson of Baldus and Marie ( Force) Titman. Baldus Titman and his wife were lifelong residents of War- ren county, N. J., where he was engaged in farm- ing on an extensive scale. He died from the effects of a snake bite. Their family consisted of seven children : George, Philip, William, John, Margaret (Mrs. Eugene Krause), Lena ( Mrs. Isaac Black- ford) and Anna ( Mrs. Isaac France).

John Titman was the only one of this family to come to Pike county. He was born in Warren county, N. J., grew to manhood there, and mar- ried Miss Elizabeth Teeal, whose father, John Teeal, came from his native country, Holland, in early life, and settled in Warren county, where he carried on farming for the remainder of his days. Some few years after their marriage, in about 1819, Mr. and Mrs. Titman migrated to Pike county, Penn., taking up their residence on a farm at what is now known as Egypt Mills, in Lehman township, where they made a permanent home. In addition to general agriculture Mr. Titman engaged in car- pentering and cooper work, and by industry and thrift he acquired a comfortable property, at the time of his death ranking among the prosperous and prominent citizens of the locality; he served as constable for many years. Politically he was a Democrat. He passed away in March, 1865, at the age of seventy-five years, his wife preceding him to the grave in 1863, when seventy-one years old. Their remains rest in the Swartwood cemetery. Of their children, Catherine married David Emory ; both are deceased, Mrs. Emorv dying at the age of eighty-four years. Jacob F. (deceased) mar- ried Barbara Reaser. Jeremiah M. is the subject proper of this memoir. John T. married Elmira Counterman ; he is deceased. Baldus and Joehila died young. Charles married Margaret Counter- man ; he lives in Milford. Maria, who is unmar- ried, is also a resident of Milford.

Up to the age of twenty-two years, Jeremiah M. Titman remained under the parental roof, re- ceiving his education in the common schools of the home neighborhood, and learning agriculture in its various branches under the able instruction of his father. On leaving home he commenced an ap- prenticeship to the carpenter's trade with William Fuller, and he continued to follow this vocation for eighteen years, engaging also in farming during that time to some extent. In 1860 he came to his pres- ent home in Lehman township, purchasing 430 acres, but little of which was cleared at that time, and he had the experiences of a veritable pioneer in bringing his farm from its original state to the condition of neatness and the fine appearance it now presents. He has been progressive and systematic always in his farming methods, and he has devoted all his time and attention to his business affairs, even declining on several occasions to serve in pub- luc office after he was elected. His prosperity has

MRS. SARAH M. TITMAN

JEREMIAH M. TITMAN

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come to him as the result of years of persistent hard labor, and he is respected everywhere as a man altogether worthy of the enviable reputation he bears among his associates, either in a business or social way. In political preference he is a Democrat.

Mr. Titman's marriage to Miss Sarah M. Wild- rick took place June 4, 1844, at Bushkill, Pike county, and children were born to this union as fol- lows: Albert J., April 21, 1846; Phoebe J., April II, 1848; Maria E., March 18, 1850; Emeline, May 17, 1852; Electa, March 27, 1854; Martha L., May 8, 1856; Melisssa, July 3, 1858; and Linda, Janu- ary 7, 1863. Of these, the eldest son married Mary Ziler, and they reside in Dover, N. J., where he is principal of the public school. Phoebe is the wife of Jacob Tolman, who is a farmer of Milton, N. J. ; he was a soldier in the Civil war. Maria is mar- ried to Louis Hafner, who has a harness shop in Milford. Emeline is the wife of Arba Emory, a farmer of Lackawanna . county, Penn. Electa married Marshall Reed, a stone mason and contract- or of Newark, N. J. Martha is the wife of Isaac K. Schultz, who is engaged as baggage master at Port Jervis, N. Y. Melissa died at the age of thir- ty-seven years, unmarried. Linda died March 3, 1863. George, now twenty-one years of age, has lived with Mr. and Mrs. Titman from the age of five years, and though never adopted he has been reared as a son.

Mrs. Sarah M. (Wildrick) Titman was born April 11, 1823, near Blairstown, N. J., daughter of Charles and Phœbe ( Harris) Wildrick, of that place, the former a son of Michael Wildrick, who passed his entire life in Nw Jersey. Charles Wil- drick died in 1824 in his native place, where he was laid to rest, and his widow subsequently married Elias Titman, who died in 1883. She survived until 1890, passing away at the advanced age of eighty- six years, and she was also interred near Blairstown, N. J. Sarah M. was the only child of the first marriage. To the second union were born nine children, namely: George, who is a carpenter in Blairstown, N. J .; Elizabeth, now deceased, who was married to Elijah Crane; Mary, wife of Abra- ham Stone, of Susquehanna, Penn .; Jacob, now deceased, who married Rosella Coot; John, de- ceased ; Alexander; Elias, who married Elmira Low; Elemuel, who died while serving in the Civil war ; and Elijah, deceased in infancy.

SIDNEY E. STANTON, a worthy and hon- ored reperesentative of the agricultural and lumber interests of Scott township, Wayne county, is a true type of the energetic, hardy and courageous men who have actively assisted in the development of this wonderful region. He was born in Preston township, Wayne county, December 9, 1831, and belongs to an honored pioneer family.

Our subject's father, John Stanton, was a na- tive of Connecticut, and when a young man came to Wayne county, Penn., where he met and mar-

ried Miss Rhoda, daughter of Elihu and Lucretia Tallman. Her father was one of the pioneer lum- bermen of this section of the State, erecting the first sawmill in Preston township, near Lake Como, and later bought a tract of land known as the Kri- der tract, building a sawmill on the boundary line between Scott and Preston townships. John and Rhoda Stanton began their domestic life in Preston township, Mr. Stanton purchasing a large tract of land, which he converted into a good farm, but later sold and bought another tract of timber land near Tallmanville, on which he made many improve- ments, including the erection of a good house and barn. While living there his residence and all his household effects were destroyed by fire, but he promptly rebuilt, and continued to make that farm his home for several years. His last days, however, were spent in Preston township, on a farm near Shehawking Pond, where he died in 1871, his wife in 1866. In the family of this worthy couple were eleven children, all born in Wayne county, namely : Samuel, who married and reared a family ; Betsy, wife of David Dix, by whom she has a family of children ; Louisa, who married Abram Haines, of Wayne county, where both died, leaving a large family; Mary A., who wedded Ambrose Payne, of Wayne county, and both died some years ago, leaving a family; Henry P., a lumberman and farmer of Preston township, who married Emeline Roberts, and died leaving four daughters; David H., who married Martha McClaury, of Kortright, Delaware Co., N. Y., and died in Preston township, Wayne county, leaving a widow and five children ; Sidney E., the subject of this sketch; Maxie, who married Jesse Haines, of Wayne county, and died some years ago, leaving six children; Eunice, wife of Charles Roberts, a farmer of Scott township, by whom she has several children ; J. W., who married Delia Campbell, and with his family lives in Pres- ton township; and John, who died in childhood.

Sidney E. Stanton pursued his studies in the common schools, and grew to manhood on the home farm. He wedded Miss Mary Roberts, of Preston township, a daughter of Samuel and Abigail Rob- erts, prosperous farming people of Mt. Pleasant township, Wayne county. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Stanton, namely: (1) L. D., born in Preston township, in 1854, attended the local schools, and in 1877 married Linda Campbell, of Preston township, by whom he has one daughter, Daisy. He located on a part of his father's home- stead, buying 110 acres of land adjoining, which he has transformed into a well-cultivated and highly- improved farm, it being supplied with all modern improvements and conveniences. (2) Jennie, born on the present homestead in Scott township, in 1858, received a common-school education, and is now the wife of G. W. Howell, a merchant of Winwood, Wayne county. They have two sons, Harry and Willie. (3) Hattie E., born in 1864, was educated in the public schools, and married Urben Howell, who owns and operates the farm known as the

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George W. Leech farm, near Tallmanville, Wayne county. They have one son, Dean. (4) Rose E. finished her education in the high school of Mt. Pleasant, and is now one of the leading teachers of Scott township, where she has successfully taught for five years. She is a refined and cultured young lady, a great favorite with all who know her.

After his marriage Mr. Stanton purchased 160 acres of timber land in Scott township, all of which he has placed under excellent cultivation. After his first home was destroyed by fire, in 1863, he built a fine two-story residence, with all modern improvements, and has also erected large barns and other outbuildings. For several years after his mar- riage he engaged extensively in lumbering on the Delaware river, but of late years has devoted his time and attention principally to agricultural pur- suits.

Politically Mr. Stanton first supported the Whig party, but since its dissolution he has been identified with the Republican party, and on that ticket has been elected to the offices of supervisor, school director, auditor and other local positions. During President Grant's administration he was ap- pointed postmaster of Island Pond, and acceptably filled that position for fourteen years. In religious connection he and his family hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Stanton Hill, and they receive and merit the high regard of the entire community. His public and private life are above reproach, for his career has ever been one charac- turized by the utmost fidelity to duty.

ELIJAH S. HUFTELN. Among the brave men who, at their country's call for aid during the dark days of the Rebellion, but aside all personal interests and went to the front, never more to re- turn, was the subject of this sketch. He was born October 26, 1836, in Otsego county, N. Y., a son of Hiram Hufteln, also a native of the Empire State. His grandfather, Isaac Hufteln, was of Hol- land descent, and was a soldier in the war of 1812.

Elijah S. Hufteln was united in marriage with Miss Maria A. Haynes, who was born June 24, 1837, a most estimable lady, who for years success- fully engaged in teaching school in Pennsylvania. Her father, Roger Haynes, married Anna Cramer, a good wife and loving mother, and they had eight children. To Mr. and Mrs. Hufteln were born three children, namely : Rhoda, who was in her fifteenth year at the time of her death ; Etta S., who died at the age of seventeen months, and Arminda L., who is now the wife of Leonard Randall, and has one daughter, Ardie C.

At the outbreak of the Civil war Mr. Hufteln "donned the blue," and, bidding good-bye to wife and children, proceeded to the front. He was a brave and fearless soldier, always found at his post of duty until killed in a skirmish at Camp Stoneman, near Washington, in July, 1864, his remains being interred in the National cemetery at that place. Sur- viving comrades retain for him a kindly remem-

brance, such as is only accorded a brave and faith- ful soldier, who willingly lays down his life for his country. He was a supporter of the Republican party, and was a man honored and esteemed by all who knew him. Mrs. Hufteln, who still survives her husband, has lived a lonely but busy life, and has prospered financially, always "paddling her own canoe." She is a firm believer in temperance and prohibition, and has many warm and admiring friends in Wayne county.

AMERICUS HUGH DOWN, one of the most energetic, enterprising and successful farmers of Palmyra township, Pike county, is a native of this section of the State, having been born in Sterling township (now Dreher), Wayne Co., Penn., May 22, 1847. His paternal grandfather, William Down, a native of England, there married Miss Mary Russling, and afterward emigrated to the United States, locating in Easton, Penn., where he engaged in the bakery business. To them were born six children: Sydney, a blacksmith, who lived in Pike county, but died at Stroudsburg, Penn .; Sophia (deceased), who married Jacob Golden; Phœbe, who died young; Maria (deceased), who married Jacob Reese, and lived in Easton; Syl- vian ( deceased), who was engaged in the manufac- ture of sash, door and blinds at Hackettstown, N. J .; and Charles, the father of our subject.

Charles Down was born in Easton, Penn., in 1808, and died May 27, 1897, at the age of eighty- eight years, eleven months and five days. In his native place he grew to manhood and learned the tailor's trade, but at the age of twenty-two years he moved to Sterling township (now Dreher), Wayne Co., Penn., where he bought a small tract of land and erected a house thereon, working at his trade there for many years. He was twice mar- ried, his first wife being Barbara Heck, of Easton, Penn., and to them were born two children: Mary, deceased, who married James Felker, and lived in Elmira, N. Y .; and Russling, who died young. In Sterling township, Wayne county, he married Miss Esther Newton, a daughter of Herman Newton. She was born in 1818 and died in July, 1892. The following children blessed the second union : Maria, wife of Simeon Brink, of Hawley, Penn .; Clarissa Ann (deceased), who married Benjamin Dun- ning, and lived in Dreher township, Wayne county ; Eliza, the second wife of Benjamin Dunning, now living in Greene township, Pike county ; Sydney S., who died young ; Americus Hugh, our subject ; Seth N., who married Amanda Beemer, and resides at White Mills, Wayne county; G. Eunice, wife of James Owens, of Carrolton, N. Y .; Ozro, who mar- ried Blanche Kimble, and lives in White Mills, Wayne county : Homer C., who married Susan McLane, and is engaged in farming at Johnson, Orange Co., N. Y. ; and Russling, who died young.

During his boyhood Americus Hugh Down attended the common schools of his native township, but as soon as old enough to provide for himself

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he found employment in the lumber woods, also worked in a factory at Hawley, Penn., and was for three months in the employ of the Pennsylvania & Erie railroad. Soon after his marriage he lo- cated in Palmyra township, Pike county, where he worked for his father-in-law at farming and in the hotel business, and since the latter's death, which occurred February 18, 1892, has had entire man- agement of the farm, consisting of 275 acres, of which seventy are under excellent cultivation and well improved. Here he successfully carries on general farming and dairying.

At Tafton, Palmyra township, Mr. Down was married by Rev. Van Houten, a Presbyterian min- ister, to Miss Susan B. Dimon, who was born March 28, 1849, a daughter of Cornelius and Lucy Ann (Bartleson) Dimon, the former a native of New Jersey, the latter of Paupack township, Wayne Co., Penn. Her paternal grandparents were Ste- phen and Mary (Fuller) Dimon, and her mater- nal grandparents were Peter and Hannah (Har- ford) Bartleson. Mrs. Down is second in the order of birth in a family of three children, the others being: Alice, wife of Harvey Fitch, of Lloyd, Tioga Co., N. Y .; and Hannah, who died at the age of ten years. Our subject and his wife have two children: (1) Nina Edith, born June 27, 1869, attended the Hawley (Penn.) high school and also the Pennington Seminary, and has been a most popular and successful teacher for several years in Pike county. (2) Howard C., born May 20, 1872, was graduated in 1892 at the Baltimore Medical College. He engaged in the practice of his chosen profession at Lake Como, Wayne county, for four years, and also at Lake Ariel, and in Ohio, and is now taking an advanced lecture course at Phila- delphia.

Mr. Down has always been a strong Repub- lican in political sentiment, and has been honored with a number of local offices, being school director eighteen years, a member of the election board and a delegate to the county conventions of his party. His wife is at present postmistress at Tafton, hav- ing acceptably filled that office for the past eight years. Both hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal Church at Hawley, are widely and favor- ably known, and have many friends throughout the community. Socially Mr. Down has affiliated with the I. O. O. F. for twenty-three years.

JARVIS CHRISSIE BULL. Among the most beautiful homesteads of this picturesque region is the farm of the subject of this sketch, a well- known resident of Milford township, Pike county. The estate lies on the banks of the Delaware river, giving a delightful prospect, and its well-tilled acres and neat and attractive appearance bear testi- mony to the industry and thrift of its fortunate proprietor.

Mr. Bull is of English descent, William Bull, his great-great-grandfather, having crossed the ocean from England at an early day, settling in Orange

county, N. Y., where he married a Miss Wells. Chrissie Bull, our subject's grandfather, was born in Orange county, N. Y., and married Catherine Rosenkrantz. Removing with his family to West- fall township, Pike county, he there followed the blacksmith's trade in connection with farming, and he and his wife died in that township, in 1851, and June, 1856, respectively. They had three children : Hannah R. (Mrs. Henry S. Mott) ; Maria Eliza- beth, born in 1813, who married Eli Van Inwegen; and Rosencranse C., onr subject's father, born June 10, 1816.

Rosencranse C. Bull, who is now a highly-es- teemed resident of Milford, has followed agricult- ural pursuits during the greater portion of his life. He was born in Pike county, and was married July 2, 1842, to Miss Jemima Westfall, a lady of Hugue- not descent, who was born in Pike county, June 21, 1817, a daughter of Cornelius Westfall, and died in August, 1892. Our subject is the youngest in a family of six children, the others being : Henry Mott, who married Minda Crissman; Cornelius Westfall, an attorney in Milford, who married (first) Julia A. Cross, and (second) Anna R. Nyce; Maria, who married John Klaer; and Hul- dah and Sarah Elizabeth, unmarried, who reside with their father.

Our subject was born November 15, 1861, at the homestead which he now occupies. He has always made his home there, and at an early age became interested in agricultural work, which he has followed with marked success. His genial manners and sound practical judgment have won for him many friends, and he has frequently been chosen by his fellow-citizens to offices of trust, hav- ing served as township treasurer and township clerk, and as a member of the election board. Polit- ically, he is a Democrat, and he is prominent in religious work as a member of the Presbyterian Church at Milford. On January 28, 1885, he was married at Egypt Mills, Pike county, to Miss Eva Nyce, a native of that village, and a member of another well-known family of this section. Her father, Jacob Nyce, who was a farmer and lumber- man by occupation, died in 1880, aged sixty-seven years, and her mother, whose maiden name was Delinda Peters, is now a resident of Stroudsburg. Of the children born to Jacob and Delinda Nyce, the eldest, Ellen, widow of Dr. P. J. Guillot, re- sides at Bushkill, Pike county; Miss Margaret P. resides in Stroudsburg with her mother; Mary J. is the wife of Judge Jacob Klaer, of Milford ; James Edwin is on the homestead; and Harry P. lives at Stroudsburg.

ROBERT TENNANT, an honored veteran of the Civil war, and a well-known resident of Pres- ton township, Wayne county, whose death is still fresh in the memory of his fellow citizens, was born March 9, 1821, in Willet, Cortland Co., N. Y., a representative of an old and prominent family of that county.

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Mr. Tennant's boyhood and youth were passed in New York and Pennsylvania, and after the out- break of the Rebellion he enlisted, November 7, 1862, in Company L, 13th Penn. Cavalry, under Capt. George Spearman, of Philadelphia, and Col. Gallagher. At different times he was tinder com- mand of several generals, and he participated in many hotly contested engagements. He was taken prisoner when under Gen. Millroy at the battle of Winchester, and his horse was shot from under him while trying to escape, but he finally succeeded in reaching the ioth Ohio Cavalry. For a time he was under Gen. Gregg, and later was with the Army of the Potomac, under Gen. Grant, in the vicinity of Richmond. Ile took part in the battle of Stony Creek, and assisted in capturing the Confederate supply trains on the Weldon railroad. He took part in two attempts to capture Fort Foster, was with his regiment when they met Gen. Sherman's troops at Neuse river, and subsequently was under command of Gen. Kilpatrick until the surrender of Gen. Johnston. With his regiment he took part in the skirmish on the road from Raleigh to Durham, and was engaged in many scouting expeditions at Point of Rocks, Md., and Leesburg, Va., where his company was stationed. While riding hard, on one of these trips, his horse fell; and he severely injured his hip, side and foot. He was first taken to the hospital at Newbern, N. C., and from there was sent to Philadelphia, where he was honorably discharged June 19, 1865, with the rank of ser- geant.

Throughout the greater part of his business career, Mr. Tennant devoted his time and atten- tion to lumbering, working in the woods and in the manufacture of sawed lumber. In early manhood he married Miss Charlotte Callender, and the chil- dren born to them were: Lucy (deceased), Henri- etta J., Josephine, Adelbert, Edwin, Florence, Rob- ert, Ida, Earl, Frank, and three who died in child- hood. The wife and mother was called to her final rest in 1888, and two years later Mr. Tennant mar- ried Mrs. Phoebe Ann Marvin, widow of Jehial Marvin, who served for one year in the 8th New York Cavalry and was injured in the back. He died in 1883, in Chenango, N. Y., at the age of sixty years. By her first marriage Mrs. Tennant had three sons: William, who was also a Union sol- dier in the Civil war, and is now a resident of Clark county, Ill. ; Ambrose, who makes his home in Binghamton, N. Y .; and James, who died in Binghamton, at the age of forty-five years. Mrs. Tennant is a native of Roxbury, Delaware Co., N. Y., and is a daughter of Joseph and Betsy (Grove) Andrews.

The Republican party always found in Mr. Tennant a stanch supporter of its men and meas- ures, and for several years he most efficiently served as a justice of the peace in Preston township. Fraternally he was an honored member of Capt. Mumford Post No. 373, G. A. R., of Starrucca. He was always found true to every trust reposed

in him, whether public or private, and was justly entitled to the high regard in which he was held. Ile passed away in December, 1897.

HON. JAMES E. WOODMANSEE. There are no rules for building characters ; there is no rule for achieving success. The man who can rise from the ranks to a position of eminence is he who can see and utilize the opportunities that surround his path. The essential conditions of human life are ever the same, the surroundings of individuals differ but slightly ; and, when one man passes another on the highway to reach the goal of prosperity before others who perhaps started out before him, it is be- cause he has the power to use advantages which probably encompass the whole human race. To-day, among the most prominent business men of Wayne county, stands Mr. Woodmansee, of Lake Como, whose name is inseparably connected with some of the most important industries of the county.

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Commemorative biographical record of northeastern Pennsylvania, including the counties of Susquehanna, Wayne, Pike and Monroe, Pt. 1, Part 180

Author: Publication date: 1900 Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co. Number of Pages: 2390

Author:
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: Chicago : J.H. Beers & Co.
Number of Pages: 2390